Social and political issues and activism

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Church involvement in social and political issues and activism, including civil rights, protests, and war work. Also, social and political reformers connected to the church. See the following related collections: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers; Wars. Featured image: Religious with Rosa Parks, 1963.

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Title:
Rev. Bear Ride, Rev. Susan Craig, and Brian Symonds.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Joyful: The Rev. Bear Ride, left, and her spouse, the Rev. Susan Craig, celebrate with Brian Symonds, a gay ministerial candidate, after a Pacific Presbytery vote. A Minnesota vote put the U.S. ratification over the top. [Clipping from the May 11, 2011 issue of the Los Angeles Times.]
Creator:
Gauthier, Robert. (photographer), Los Angeles times. (publisher)
Subject names:
Ride, Bear, 1953-, Craig, Susan., Gaeta-Symonds, Brian., Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of the Pacific.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church., Presbyterian women--United States., Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348011
Title:
Charlotte and Gustave Sindt articles and obituaries, 1978-1995.
Description:
Articles and obituaries for Charlotte and Gustave (Gus) Sindt, the parents of David Sindt, an openly gay Presbyterian pastor, leader, and activist.
Creator:
Young, Caroline. (author), Burson, Pat. (author), Ganzel, Rebecca. (author), Scott, Cynthia. (author)
Subject names:
Sindt, David, 1940-1986--Archives., Sindt, David, 1940-1986., Sindt, Charlotte., Sindt, Gustave.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Parents of gays--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344297
Title:
Milton Arthur Galamison school boycott, 1964-1965.
Description:
Materials related to the New York City school boycott orchestrated by Milton Arthur Galamison, pastor of Siloam Presbyterian Church. Galamison and hundreds of students marched through Harlem in protest of the continued segregation of New York's public schools, and the mistreatment of Black and Puerto Rican children.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Presbytery of New York City--Archives., Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Siloam Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Boycotts--New York (State)--New York., Segregation in education--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:181881
Title:
Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing records, 1933-1945.
Description:
Records for the School of Nursing at Sage Memorial Hospital, a Presbyterian mission hospital serving the Navajo people in Ganado, Arizona. Primarily concerns commencement ceremonies and graduates of the school. Includes correspondence, programs, postcards, clippings, and a sermon by Dr. Robert Freeman.
Creator:
Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.) (creator), Gladfelter, Katharine E (author), Salsbury, Clarence G., 1886-1980. (author), Scott, Anna M. (author), Freeman, Robert. (author)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. Department of Health, Education and Welfare--Archives., Sage Memorial Hospital (Ganado, Ariz.), United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions.
Topics:
Nursing--Study and teaching--Arizona--Ganado., Hospitals--Arizona--Ganado., Nurses--Arizona--Ganado., Home missions--Arizona--Ganado.
Geographic subjects:
Ganado (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:179027
Title:
U.S. Prison Chaplains.
Description:
U.S. Prison Chaplains: 'I'm Not Much Good For a Day of Two After an Execution.' Newspaper article written by Lillian McLaughlin for the Register and Tribune in Des Moines, Iowa. Profiles prison chaplains from various faiths serving throughout the United States.
Creator:
Des Moines Register and Tribune Company. (publisher), McLaughlin, Lillian.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Protestant Correctional Chaplains Association., American Correctional Association.
Topics:
Prison chaplains--Judaism., Prison chaplains--Catholic Church., Prison chaplains--Protestantism., Prison chaplains--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Des Moines (Iowa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149679
Title:
An appreciative audience.
Description:
New York Times newspaper clipping highlighting Princess Margaret's visit with four clergymen.
Creator:
New York times. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of England--Clergy., Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002., Windsor, House of.
Topics:
Clergy--England--London., Princesses--England--London., Princesses--Religious life.
Geographic subjects:
London (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149668
Title:
News clippings about Raoul Wallenberg.
Description:
"The Mystery of a War Hero" by Joseph L. Lichten, ADL Bulletin, May 1956, 2 p. "Begin wants Carter to ask Soviets: Is Raoul Wallenberg still alive?" by Martin Sieff, Jerusalem Post, June 14, 1979, 1 p. "Rescued Jews insist Wallenberg lives in Soviet mental prison" by Elenore Lester, American Examiner-Jewish Week, June 24, 1979, 2 p. "Mystery Surrounds Fate of Swede Who Saved Jews" by Nadine Brozan, The New York Times, August 4, 1979, 1 p. "After meeting missing diplomat in 'Gulag' prison Jew jailed for seeing Wallenberg" by Mark Segal, Jerusalem Post, August 12, 1979, 1 p. "Swede is remembered for helping Jews in '44," New York Daily News, March 20, 1980, 1 p.
Creator:
Lichten, Joseph L. (author), Sieff, Martin. (author), Lester, Elenore, 1919- (author), Brozan, Nadine. (author), Segal, Mark. (author), B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. (publisher), Jerusalem post. (publisher), The Jewish week and the American examiner. (publisher), New York times. (publisher), New York Daily New (Firm)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League., Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947.
Topics:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Budapest., World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Hungary--Budapest., Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149071
Title:
Hebron: the roots of violence.
Creator:
Harsch, Joseph C. (Joseph Close), -1905 (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ḥaram al-Ibrāhīmī (Hebron), Levinger, Moshe, 1935-2015.
Topics:
Arab-Israeli conflict, 1973-1983, Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict., Arab-Israeli conflict--Mass media and the conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Hebron., Ḳiryat Arbaʻ.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:147199
Title:
Happy homecoming.
Description:
Mounted newspaper article from the San Francisco Examiner, Sunday, November 3, 1985. "Happy homecoming: The Rev. Ben Weir, left, got a warm welcome from his friend Aahmes Overton, pastor of Hayward Presbyterian Church, as he arrived yesterday at San Francisco International Airport. Weir, who was kidnapped by Beirut terrorists and held hostage for 16 months, told his Bay Area well-wishers that he felt "like Rip Van Winkle come home."
Creator:
San Francisco Examiner. (publisher), Raddatz, Katy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Weir, Ben, 1923-2016., Overton, Aahmes E., 1941-
Topics:
Missionaries--Lebanon--Beirut--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10149
Title:
The Fighting McCooks.
Description:
The Fighting McCooks.
Subject names:
McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7212

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